# 2011 European Fencing Championships

The 2011 European Fencing Championships was the 24th edition and was held in Sheffield, United Kingdom. The event took place from July 13–19, 2011.

## Schedule

| ● | Opening Ceremony | ● | Finals | ● | Closing Ceremony |
| July | July | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | Total |
| Ceremonies | Ceremonies | ● | | | | | ● | |
| Foil Individual | Foil Individual | Men | Women | | | | | 2 |
| Sabre Individual | Sabre Individual | Women | | Men | | | | 2 |
| Épée Individual | Épée Individual | | Men | Women | | | | 2 |
| Foil Team | Foil Team | | | | Men | Women | | 2 |
| Sabre Team | Sabre Team | | | | Women | | Men | 2 |
| Épée team | Épée team | | | | | Men | Women | 2 |
| Total Gold Medals | Total Gold Medals | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 12 |

## Medal summary
### Men's events

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Foil | Giorgio Avola (ITA) | Andrea Cassarà (ITA) | Andrea Baldini (ITA) Aleksey Cheremisinov (RUS) |
| Épée | Jörg Fiedler (GER) | Bas Verwijlen (NED) | Max Heinzer (SUI) Tomasz Motyka (POL) |
| Sabre | Aleksey Yakimenko (RUS) | Boladé Apithy (FRA) | Max Hartung (GER) Áron Szilágyi (HUN) |
| Team Foil | Italy | France | Russia |
| Team Épée | France | Hungary | Russia |
| Team Sabre | Italy | Germany | Russia |

### Women's events

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Sabre | Olha Kharlan (UKR) | Aleksandra Socha (POL) | Yuliya Gavrilova (RUS) Galyna Pundyk (UKR) |
| Foil | Elisa Di Francisca (ITA) | Valentina Vezzali (ITA) | Edina Knapek (HUN) Yevgeniya Lamonova (RUS) |
| Épée | Tiffany Géroudet (SUI) | Britta Heidemann (GER) | Ana Maria Brânză (ROU) Nathalie Moellhausen (ITA) |
| Team Sabre | Italy | Ukraine | Russia |
| Team Foil | Italy | Russia | Germany |
| Team Épée | Romania | Russia | France |

## Medal table

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Italy (ITA) | 6 | 2 | 2 | 10 |
| 2 | Russia (RUS) | 1 | 2 | 7 | 10 |
| 3 | Germany (GER) | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| 4 | France (FRA) | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 5 | Ukraine (UKR) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 6 | Romania (ROU) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 6 | Switzerland (SUI) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 8 | Hungary (HUN) | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 9 | Poland (POL) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 10 | Netherlands (NED) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Totals (10 entries) | Totals (10 entries) | 12 | 12 | 18 | 42 |

## Results overview
### Men
#### Foil individual

| Position | Name | Country |
| | Giorgio Avola | Italy |
| | Andrea Cassarà | Italy |
| | Andrea Baldini | Italy |
| | Aleksey Cheremisinov | Russia |
| 5. | Bojan Jovanović | Croatia |
| 6. | Sebastian Bachmann | Germany |
| 7. | Rene Pranz | Austria |
| 8. | Sebastian Borst | Netherlands |
| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| Sebastian Borst | 12 | | |
| Aleksey Cheremisinov | 15 | | |
| Aleksey Cheremisinov | 15 | Aleksey Cheremisinov | 8 |
| | | Giorgio Avola | 15 |
| Sebastian Bachmann | 9 | Giorgio Avola | 15 |
| Giorgio Avola | 10 | | | | |
| Giorgio Avola | 10 | | | Giorgio Avola | 15 |
| | | | | Andrea Cassarà | 14 |
| Andrea Cassarà | 15 | | | Andrea Cassarà | 14 |
| Rene Pranz | 7 | | | | |
| Rene Pranz | 7 | Andrea Cassarà | 15 | | |
| | | Andrea Baldini | 11 |
| Bojan Jovanović | 3 | Andrea Baldini | 11 |
| Andrea Baldini | 15 | | |

#### Epée individual

| Position | Name | Country |
| | Jörg Fiedler | Germany |
| | Bas Verwijlen | Netherlands |
| | Max Heinzer | Switzerland |
| | Tomasz Motyka | Poland |
| 5. | Radosław Zawrotniak | Poland |
| 6. | Matteo Tagliariol | Italy |
| 7. | Arwin Kardolus | Netherlands |
| 8. | Péter Somfai | Hungary |
| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| Tomasz Motyka | 15 | | |
| Matteo Tagliariol | 13 | | |
| Matteo Tagliariol | 13 | Tomasz Motyka | 12 |
| | | Jörg Fiedler | 15 |
| Péter Somfai | 11 | Jörg Fiedler | 15 |
| Jörg Fiedler | 15 | | | | |
| Jörg Fiedler | 15 | | | Jörg Fiedler | 15 |
| | | | | Bas Verwijlen | 14 |
| Bas Verwijlen | 15 | | | Bas Verwijlen | 14 |
| Radosław Zawrotniak | 11 | | | | |
| Radosław Zawrotniak | 11 | Bas Verwijlen | 15 | | |
| | | Max Heinzer | 11 |
| Max Heinzer | 15 | Max Heinzer | 11 |
| Arwin Kardolus | 8 | | |

#### Sabre individual

| Position | Name | Country |
| | Aleksey Yakimenko | Russia |
| | Boladé Apithy | France |
| | Max Hartung | Germany |
| | Áron Szilágyi | Hungary |
| 5. | Nicolas Limbach | Germany |
| 6. | Aldo Montano | Italy |
| 7. | Aliaksandr Buikevich | Belarus |
| 8. | Florin Zalomir | Romania |
| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| Max Hartung | 15 | | |
| Aliaksandr Buikevich | 10 | | |
| Aliaksandr Buikevich | 10 | Max Hartung | 10 |
| | | Aleksey Yakimenko | 15 |
| Nicolas Limbach | 14 | Aleksey Yakimenko | 15 |
| Aleksey Yakimenko | 15 | | | | |
| Aleksey Yakimenko | 15 | | | Aleksey Yakimenko | 15 |
| | | | | Boladé Apithy | 14 |
| Áron Szilágyi | 15 | | | Boladé Apithy | 14 |
| Aldo Montano | 14 | | | | |
| Aldo Montano | 14 | Áron Szilágyi | 14 | | |
| | | Boladé Apithy | 15 |
| Florin Zalomir | 13 | Boladé Apithy | 15 |
| Boladé Apithy | 15 | | |

#### Foil team

| Position | Name | Country |
| | Valerio Aspromonte Giorgio Avola Andrea Baldini Andrea Cassarà | Italy |
| | Brice Guyart Erwann Le Péchoux Marcel Marcilloux Victor Sintès | France |
| | Aleksey Cheremisinov Renal Ganeev Dmitry Rigin Artem Sedov | Russia |
| 4. | Sebastian Bachmann Dominic Behr Peter Joppich Andre Wessels | Germany |
| 5. | Laurence Halsted Edward Jefferies Jamie Kenber Richard Kruse | United Kingdom |
| 6. | Moritz Hinterseer Tobias Hinterseer Rene Pranz Roland Schlosser | Austria |
| 7. | Tomasz Ciepły Paweł Kawiecki Michał Majewski Leszek Rajski | Poland |
| 8. | Oren Bassal Maor Hatoel Yaaqov Or Htuel Tomer Or | Israel |
| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| Italy | 45 | | |
| Poland | 38 | | |
| Poland | 38 | Italy | 45 |
| | | Germany | 31 |
| United Kingdom | 39 | Germany | 31 |
| Germany | 45 | | | | |
| Germany | 45 | | | Italy | 45 |
| | | | | France | 28 |
| France | 45 | | | France | 28 |
| Austria | 43 | | | | |
| Austria | 43 | France | 45 | | |
| | | Russia | 41 | Third place | Third place |
| Israel | 27 | Russia | 41 | Third place | Third place |
| Russia | 45 | | | | |
| Russia | 45 | | | Germany | 35 |
| | | | | Russia | 45 |

#### Epée team

| Position | Name | Country |
| | Yannick Borel Gauthier Grumier Ronan Gustin Jean-Michel Lucenay | France |
| | Gábor Boczkó Géza Imre András Rédli Péter Somfai | Hungary |
| | Anton Avdeev Sergey Khodos Pavel Sukhov Aleksey Tikhomirov | Russia |
| 4. | Anatoliy Herey Dmytro Karyuchenko Vitaly Medvedev Bohdan Nikishyn | Ukraine |
| 5. | Jörg Fiedler Stephan Rein Sven Schmid Martin Schmitt | Germany |
| 6. | Max Heinzer Fabian Kauter Florian Staub Benjamin Steffen | Switzerland |
| 7. | Luca Ferraris Enrico Garozzo Alfredo Rota Matthew Trager | Italy |
| 8. | Nikolai Novosjolov Sten Priinits Jüri Salm | Estonia |
| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| France | 45 | | |
| Switzerland | 34 | | |
| Switzerland | 34 | France | 45 |
| | | Ukraine | 37 |
| Ukraine | 38 | Ukraine | 37 |
| Italy | 37 | | | | |
| Italy | 37 | | | France | 45 |
| | | | | Hungary | 40 |
| Russia | 45 | | | Hungary | 40 |
| Germany | 36 | | | | |
| Germany | 36 | Russia | 42 | | |
| | | Hungary | 45 | Third place | Third place |
| Estonia | 38 | Hungary | 45 | Third place | Third place |
| Hungary | 45 | | | | |
| Hungary | 45 | | | Ukraine | 36 |
| | | | | Russia | 46 |

#### Sabre team

| Position | Name | Country |
| | Aldo Montano Diego Occhuizzi Gianpiero Pastore Luigi Tarantino | Italy |
| | Max Hartung Björn Hübner Nicolas Limbach Benedikt Wagner | Germany |
| | Pavel Bykov Nikolay Kovalev Veniamin Reshetnikov Aleksey Yakimenko | Russia |
| 4. | Tiberiu Dolniceanu Rareș Dumitrescu Cosmin Hănceanu Florin Zalomir | Romania |
| 5. | Aliaksandr Buikevich Dmitri Lapkes Valery Pryiemka Aleksey Romanovitch | Belarus |
| 6. | Tamás Decsi Balázs Lontai Zsolt Nemcsik Áron Szilágyi | Hungary |
| 7. | Dmytro Boyko Dmytro Pundyk Oleh Shturbabin Andriy Yahodka | Ukraine |
| 8. | Fernando Casares Alvaro Lopez Mendez Jaime Martí Pablo Moreno | Spain |
| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| Italy | 45 | | |
| Hungary | 38 | | |
| Hungary | 38 | Italy | 45 |
| | | Romania | 29 |
| Ukraine | 35 | Romania | 29 |
| Romania | 45 | | | | |
| Romania | 45 | | | Italy | 45 |
| | | | | Germany | 38 |
| Germany | 45 | | | Germany | 38 |
| Belarus | 41 | | | | |
| Belarus | 41 | Germany | 45 | | |
| | | Russia | 35 | Third place | Third place |
| Spain | 29 | Russia | 35 | Third place | Third place |
| Russia | 45 | | | | |
| Russia | 45 | | | Romania | 36 |
| | | | | Russia | 45 |

### Women
#### Sabre individual

| Position | Name | Country |
| | Olha Kharlan | Ukraine |
| | Aleksandra Socha | Poland |
| | Yuliya Gavrilova | Russia |
| | Halyna Pundyk | Ukraine |
| 5. | Réka Benkó | Hungary |
| 6. | Gioia Marzocca | Italy |
| 7. | Vassiliki Vougiouka | Greece |
| 8. | Léonore Perrus | France |
| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| Halyna Pundyk | 15 | | |
| Vassiliki Vougiouka | 14 | | |
| Vassiliki Vougiouka | 14 | Halyna Pundyk | 11 |
| | | Aleksandra Socha | 15 |
| Gioia Marzocca | 14 | Aleksandra Socha | 15 |
| Aleksandra Socha | 15 | | | | |
| Aleksandra Socha | 15 | | | Aleksandra Socha | 10 |
| | | | | Olha Kharlan | 15 |
| Réka Benkó | 6 | | | Olha Kharlan | 15 |
| Olha Kharlan | 15 | | | | |
| Olha Kharlan | 15 | Olha Kharlan | 15 | | |
| | | Yuliya Gavrilova | 8 |
| Léonore Perrus | 13 | Yuliya Gavrilova | 8 |
| Yuliya Gavrilova | 15 | | |

#### Foil individual

| Position | Name | Country |
| | Elisa Di Francisca | Italy |
| | Valentina Vezzali | Italy |
| | Edina Knapek | Hungary |
| | Yevgeniya Lamonova | Russia |
| 5. | Aida Shanaeva | Russia |
| 6. | Aida Mohamed | Hungary |
| 7. | Małgorzata Wojtkowiak | Poland |
| 8. | Ilaria Salvatori | Italy |
| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| Aida Shanaeva | 13 | | |
| Yevgeniya Lamonova | 15 | | |
| Yevgeniya Lamonova | 15 | Yevgeniya Lamonova | 12 |
| | | Elisa Di Francisca | 13 |
| Elisa Di Francisca | 15 | Elisa Di Francisca | 13 |
| Aida Mohamed | 12 | | | | |
| Aida Mohamed | 12 | | | Elisa Di Francisca | 10 |
| | | | | Valentina Vezzali | 8 |
| Edina Knapek | 15 | | | Valentina Vezzali | 8 |
| Ilaria Salvatori | 13 | | | | |
| Ilaria Salvatori | 13 | Edina Knapek | 4 | | |
| | | Valentina Vezzali | 12 |
| Malgorzata Wojtkowiak | 7 | Valentina Vezzali | 12 |
| Valentina Vezzali | 15 | | |

#### Epée individual

| Position | Name | Country |
| | Tiffany Géroudet | Switzerland |
| | Britta Heidemann | Germany |
| | Ana Maria Brânză | Romania |
| | Nathalie Moellhausen | Italy |
| 5. | Małgorzata Stroka | Poland |
| 6. | Bianca Del Carretto | Italy |
| 7. | Laura Flessel-Colovic | France |
| 8. | Rossella Fiamingo | Italy |
| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| Ana Maria Brânză | 15 | | |
| Bianca Del Carretto | 14 | | |
| Bianca Del Carretto | 14 | Ana Maria Brânză | 10 |
| | | Britta Heidemann | 15 |
| Malgorzata Stroka | 9 | Britta Heidemann | 15 |
| Britta Heidemann | 10 | | | | |
| Britta Heidemann | 10 | | | Britta Heidemann | 8 |
| | | | | Tiffany Géroudet | 9 |
| Nathalie Moellhausen | 15 | | | Tiffany Géroudet | 9 |
| Rossella Fiamingo | 12 | | | | |
| Rossella Fiamingo | 12 | Nathalie Moellhausen | 13 | | |
| | | Tiffany Géroudet | 15 |
| Laura Flessel-Colovic | 14 | Tiffany Géroudet | 15 |
| Tiffany Géroudet | 15 | | |

#### Sabre team

| Position | Name | Country |
| | Ilaria Bianco Paola Guarneri Gioia Marzocca Irene Vecchi | Italy |
| | Olha Kharlan Olena Khomrova Halyna Pundyk Olha Zhovnir | Ukraine |
| | Yekaterina Dyachenko Dina Galiakbarova Yuliya Gavrilova Sofiya Velikaya | Russia |
| 4. | Cécilia Berder Léonore Perrus Marion Stoltz Carole Vergne | France |
| 5. | Bogna Jozwiak Katarzyna Kedziora Aleksandra Socha Irena Wieckowska | Poland |
| 6. | Alexandra Bujdoso Stefanie Kubissa Anna Limbach Anja Musch | Germany |
| 7. | Sandra Marcos Lucia Martin-Português Araceli Navarro Laia Vila | Spain |
| 8. | Aida Alasgarova Sevil Bunyatova Sevinj Bunyatova Sabina Mikina | Azerbaijan |
| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| Russia | 45 | | |
| Spain | 29 | | |
| Spain | 29 | Russia | 32 |
| | | Italy | 45 |
| Poland | 35 | Italy | 45 |
| Italy | 45 | | | | |
| Italy | 45 | | | Italy | 45 |
| | | | | Ukraine | 43 |
| France | 45 | | | Ukraine | 43 |
| Azerbaijan | 41 | | | | |
| Azerbaijan | 41 | France | 36 | | |
| | | Ukraine | 45 | Third place | Third place |
| Germany | 33 | Ukraine | 45 | Third place | Third place |
| Ukraine | 45 | | | | |
| Ukraine | 45 | | | Russia | 45 |
| | | | | France | 26 |

#### Foil team

| Position | Name | Country |
| | Elisa Di Francisca Arianna Errigo Ilaria Salvatori Valentina Vezzali | Italy |
| | Inna Deriglazova Larisa Korobeynikova Yevgeniya Lamonova Aida Shanaeva | Russia |
| | Sandra Bingenheimer Carolin Golubytskyi Anja Schache Katja Wächter | Germany |
| 4. | Edina Knapek Fanny Kreiss Aida Mohamed Gabriella Varga | Hungary |
| 5. | Gaëlle Gebet Astrid Guyart Corinne Maîtrejean Virginie Ujlaky | France |
| 6. | Sylwia Gruchała Magdalena Knop Anna Rybicka Martyna Synoradzka | Poland |
| 7. | Kateryna Chentsova Olena Khismatulina Olha Leleiko Anastasiya Moskovska | Ukraine |
| 8. | Claire Bennett Anna Bentley Martina Emanuel Natalia Sheppard | United Kingdom |
| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| Italy | 39 | | |
| United Kingdom | 34 | | |
| United Kingdom | 34 | Italy | 45 |
| | | Germany | 24 |
| France | 32 | Germany | 24 |
| Germany | 36 | | | | |
| Germany | 36 | | | Italy | 45 |
| | | | | Russia | 43 |
| Poland | 40 | | | Russia | 43 |
| Hungary | 45 | | | | |
| Hungary | 45 | Hungary | 22 | | |
| | | Russia | 45 | Third place | Third place |
| Ukraine | 27 | Russia | 45 | Third place | Third place |
| Russia | 39 | | | | |
| Russia | 39 | | | Germany | 45 |
| | | | | Hungary | 38 |

#### Epée team

| Position | Name | Country |
| | Simona Alexandru Ana Maria Brânză Loredana Iordăchioiu Anca Măroiu | Romania |
| | Violetta Kolobova Tatiana Logunova Lyubov Shutova Anna Sivkova | Russia |
| | Sarah Daninthe Laura Flessel-Colovic Joséphine Jacques-André-Coquin Maureen Nisima | France |
| 4. | Julia Beljajeva Irina Embrich Kristina Kuusk Julia Zuikova | Estonia |
| 5. | Cristiana Cascioli Bianca Del Carretto Nathalie Möllhausen Mara Navarria | Italy |
| 6. | Edina Antal Edina Bekefi Dorina Budai Emese Szász | Hungary |
| 7. | Imke Duplitzer Britta Heidemann Ricarda Multerer Monika Sozanska | Germany |
| 8. | Danuta Dmowska-Andrzejuk Ewa Nelip Magdalena Piekarska Małgorzata Stroka | Poland |
| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| Romania | 43 | | |
| Hungary | 37 | | |
| Hungary | 37 | Romania | 45 |
| | | France | 38 |
| France | 45 | France | 38 |
| Poland | 41 | | | | |
| Poland | 41 | | | Romania | 45 |
| | | | | Russia | 31 |
| Germany | 38 | | | Russia | 31 |
| Estonia | 45 | | | | |
| Estonia | 45 | Estonia | 42 | | |
| | | Russia | 45 | Third place | Third place |
| Russia | 45 | Russia | 45 | Third place | Third place |
| Italy | 32 | | | | |
| Italy | 32 | | | France | 42 |
| | | | | Estonia | 41 |